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Burt Rutherford

Senior Editor, BEEF Magazine

Burt Rutherford is director of content and senior editor of BEEF. He has nearly 40 years’ experience communicating about the beef industry. A Colorado native and graduate of Colorado State University with a degree in agricultural journalism, he now works from his home base in Colorado. He worked as communications director for the North American Limousin Foundation and editor of the Western Livestock Journal before spending 21 years as communications director for the Texas Cattle Feeders Association. He works to keep BEEF readers informed of trends and production practices to bolster the bottom line.

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Cowboys, observes Dennis Cash, are not the best farmers. No disrespect intended; it's just that in the Northern Plains, when cattlemen should be pulling into the field to drill forage crops in the spring, they're busy...

For cattle feeders, it's not unlike a Chinese auction. Sometimes used as a fundraising tactic, a Chinese auction begins with everyone in the room standing. When the bidding starts, people sit down as the price goes up...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) heralds it as a major step forward requiring, for the first time, large emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to report their emissions. Question is, what's the definition of ...

The government of Canada on Oct. 7 officially asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to convene a panel to investigate the U.S. mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) law for imported meat. Canada's request for...

If you look at the research that Rick Funston and his University of Nebraska colleagues have done on the effect of supplementation on cows grazing winter range and cornstalks, the take-home message is a bit confusing...

Time, observed Sir Francis Bacon, is the greatest innovator. While that may be, a dose of cowboy logic can certainly help things along. Take, for instance, the concept and practice of artificial insemination (AI). It...